Britain eyes welfare cuts to tackle surge in youth unemployment | Gulf Times - Gulf Times
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The UK Labour government is preparing proposals to restrict youth sickness and disability benefits for under-25s to fund back-to-work programmes, aiming to address high youth unemployment and the nearly 1 million young people not in work, education or training. The plan would bar under-25s from ill-health supplements and move them to a more restricted disability benefit, drawing comparisons with employment support models in countries like the Netherlands.
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Faisa Omar applied for more than 500 jobs in the UK and got nowhereโa slog she likened to"shouting into the void".It took a 10-week training course,tailored to the green energy sector,to finally land her a job within a month. Her story is one the Labour government hopes to replicate on a much bigger scale,as it prepares to receive a report and proposals next week that would,controversially,restricโฆ
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